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VOL. XXXII
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON JANUARY 25, 1919
NO. 13
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IRRIGATION EXPERI
MENTS AT STATION;
'A Little Water at The Right
Time" Proves Successful Last
Season, Reports Superintend
ent Martin. Store The Floods
The results of the second year's
mm ntnents With Irrigation by imiiiji
.1... ' II. I. Mil. .Ml
im 111 lilt' ...nil. muni u r..i'-i
nut Station have sliown what can
M acsomplished bv ro)er Irrlgu
lon even under unfavorable, con
it ions. The past spring was cold,
giving the crops a slow start. Th"
iving th crops a slow start. Grass
hoppers completely devoured the
rain and root crops during July;
hut In spite of .the difficulties fair
rops were secured. Much of the
land on this irrigated tract la rover-
it with " slick spots" and is of very
ioor quality. Qood crops were made
oriole only by "practical Irrtga-)
ion, that is, applying the water at
Ihe right time and In the amounts;
.Hilred by the crops.
Mannchen barley on representa-i
ivi' Harney bounty soil produced i
ihaut 39 bushels per acre, the best
dot yielding at the rate of nearly
s bushels per acre. This was all :
t i ond growth, the grasshopper.;
laving eaten the STOP down to within
i mi lies of the ground after it had
.1 out the first
isrley was seeded on
time. Tbte
land which
roduced a crop last year and some
the plats which had alfalfa "
sreel (lover Beaded with the grain I
is spring now have good stands of ,
i latter crops. In this way a crop
-rain and a stand of alfalfa can be
nrad in one year, while if each
p moat be sown alone on summer j
owed land, four yean i nece
impUaa tiiin.
mangle and rutu baga tops
to the ground by gra.-s-
but they grew up again and
r'" " '
l and one-naif tons of roots per t
re, depending on the iualit of the
i! and the amount of water applied. '
Sweet clover yielded over three
ns of hay per acre orr alkali ground
roduced from one to two tons of
iy per acre. Flax seed yielded
veil bushels per acre and differ
t varieties of potatoes from one
undred to one hundred and fifty
ushels per acre.
!ialta on ordinary land proper
irrigated, yielded one and one-
alf to four tons per acre while alfal
l irrigated by spring flooding only
.hied less than one-half of a ton i
hay per acre. The spring flood
I method might properly be call- The eircumstancos under whi.n
1 Ho Harney Valley System" sln-e .
is the method of Irrigation com-1 "irifty nation. In the early days, be
only practiced here. j fore manufactories were established ,
One and one-half acres of land I Practically everything that a house
ere irrlirut..,! u.,,1 wu,iuh t ....,
r-- .---0- .....'.. v B...,.. ;
Utures last August, with spring I
i nurs
crop The rye grew
pldly and furnl bed the equivu-
t or two month lull pasture per
e, tor heavy producing milk
w. The grasses will be readv fori
turiim next .ummer.
aived from 10 t
a.re Incbei or water, and tin
II was miiii- moist at harvest time
e eater wt snaliod as needed bv ,
B crop. Best result, cannot be ' """re "" Wherever Amerl
talned by flooding the land in the ,tt"H ravelert thev a,ned ,he
ring at a time when the soil is al- i'"l11"" " " "' -ft(y
wet and extravagant people upon the f.
I he . rop failure of the past season
oiild be carefully considered bv
Me who have been farming under
ial is perhaps the crudest system
irrigation in existence. vProvis
I hould be made ror the storage
tbe Mood waters In this vicinity
f) bj applying "a little water at
' time" there should be a
iii amount to supply a large
Harney Valley.
JOHN H. MAHTIN,
Hram h Bxperlmeni station.
.) -. i id ,i t keep 1 1 the
trie-
I
I' ' Dl Food not entirely made from
ai throughout the country. Toe
tins .ire best in the long run
M 'lie habit of uiikIiiu i.v.iri'f It I ,i,r
in cakes, bread, etc., is some-
i.i' thai will benefit our stoma' lis
ooner it is overcome.
Harley and rye are good for a
at. i purpose than that for wlie h
y are now used most abundantly
'mors. They are good to eat with
meals not In the degenerate sta'o
n the whole nourishing stale
ere all that is ordlnally found in
kernel is there.
GEN. BARRY COMMANDS
EASTERN DIVISION
1 1 r,
fit. sW
m
m
Jfaajk "3 ill ' itafc
sLBBsC.' emmasi BashsBW
Gen. Thomai H Barry.
Major Oanaral Thomas H.
Harry. V. A wl" advance to
the post held by the late General
J. Franklin Bell In command of
the Eastern Division of the 1'nlted
States army Oeneral lisrrv Is one
of the most popular commanders
in our army.
M MtKs OK NF.lt V UK.
As the soldiers come back it will
be Interesting to distinguish the
meaning of the various shevrons
wiikli thev wear upon their si. . v,
e unbjoin a list :
single red chevron signifies
discharged with honor."
A ,ingh bluo chevron siguli'los
,, lhan h)x months' service uhroa'.
A aHkgle gold cln-vron for eat 'i
wonttd received In service i worn pn
ihe forearm of right )
omptota aia montl
, worn oa the forearm ot Mi i
chevron for e. h
iete six month's service In the
I nltetl Status iiKWorn on the forearm
,,, left sic. ..
There is generally a mere question
f nnnortunlty. not of willingness or
ability, between these service marks.
Often the man who would gladlv
have served abroad has been raV
talned In this country simply because
he has shown superior ability and
therefore was better qualified to in-
1 struct others. The man wbo display-
es any one of the chevrons above
described has done his full duty by
his country and is worthy of honor
Oflt l-KSHON IN KCONOMV.
Amor,ra wa" founde1 mao her "
HI nectieu nan to uruwn iroiii
its own resources. This made the
Americans rar-seelng and very car.
fully provident.
As time went on and the nation
realised itseir muster or almost
limitless natural resources, It.s(
ii-r careful habits dropped away, and
;i new liberality of living tool their
place. People gained the Idee that
there was no object in stinting lu
" direction, for there would al-
of the earth.
The war has pulled us up short.
It Inn made us feel that there la
something far greater than our own
requirements and desires. We now
realise that It is worth while to,
sacrifice lesser things for the sake of
greater ones. And the nation has re
turned ninth nearer to the economy ,
of Its earlier days.
We have had lessons In carefulie
and temp. ranee in all things and In
thrift, it win be an opportunity
thrown away ir we allow these les
koiis to be lost upon US.
We will gain as nation ir we make
the excellent habltM or care ami thrill
part of our lives.
In Ids Gould, formerly an emploji
of The Times-Herald, eldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Gould, made
hurried visit to this city during the
week I dos is now a resident of
WaHlilngton and lias been conrined
closely to his position there for some
ti. bttl having a short vacation be
decided to surprise his parents ami
brothers by dropping in. Needless
to say ho round a hearty welcome, al-1
though he could only remain tor a
short time. i
RIGID QUARANTINE
REGULATIONS IN FORCE
County and City Health Boards
Start Campaign to Rid Section
of Spanish Influenza. Public
Gatherings are Prohibited.
A ii i in, of the county and city
; authorities us well as the high school
public school board)', was held In
: tills city lust Saturday evening etleweged on the prospects and i'.-. I
4whl.li tun.' the Influenza epidemic I thll Will prove Ihe most feasible plan
siiuaiiion was uismsscii. u was ii me iievumpuieiu m un oik cuuii
0Sjflloed at this confnreucce after a ry. Signatures are being secured
antral dismission of the situation, ' to this petition and It Is hoped to
that quarantine restrictions wero os- have It form to presenf to the court
sentlal to the welfare of the nubile
and therefore more rigid rules weru
necessary. Doth the city and countv
health boads have since promulgated ' cause of not being sure they are go
strict rules to follow and the proper ' "8 to serve their own best Interests.
oiflcers Instructed to see that they there seems no real opposition to tho
were enforced. These regulations move. When the matter is present
have been printed in pamphlet form d In Its entirety with the advantages
1 and distributed where the public may
see them and he Informed.
There has been a disposition to pay
I too little attention to quarantine re-
'strlrtlons In the past and cureless-
MiesK toward the spread of this disease
'and as a consequence it was thought
prolonged It in the several communl-
Hes. 1'y rigidly observing theso re-
ilotis for a time we may at least
find ul i- i fsx t It will have and If
beneficial results are noted it will ba
foIlovcd until
tb- disease has ills-
appaared,
The Times Herald hopes the cltl
'" of tin- onuty will cooperate with
the a ut Imrl lies In ibis matter as thus
we iiiav Ihe sOOnef get rid of the dis
ease tad save further loss or lire and
in. on
n
Tltl. I'lili.ilVIFIU.tS BUNHA1
SCHOOL.
i ii the fi
Bishop Jgntoe Atkins says the sun
i . .in! - the blggesl thing i".
woi Id . bigger in numbers, in
purpose, ami bigger In actual result r.
e are told that the electric signs
in the Capitol at Washington, have
all but one been dimmed, The only
one visible has this motto, "Jesus
Savior, of the world." This is the
abiding philosophy of history, and
the secret of alvatlou for men and
nations. The challenge Is always be
fore yeu: "Choose you this day whom
ye will serve. " The spirit of God
strikes through the world dividing
humanity into two camps: We are on '
God's side or we are on the world"
side. The Sunday School keeps thel'iler for outside hay and the shin
greatest Ideal before the children. , """ l,f Hook out to feed at other
The world's leaders of today are points This must be stopped The
the men and women of the Christian .iU,r ,,,,, ,., nowll ,,. rvi,r mUi(t
.hll.il. .
Sunday School collection last Sun
day, $4.18. It's a worthy cause.
"IT'S AN
IRRIGATION DISTRICT
PLANS PROGRESSING
Water Users Signing Petit on fo
Submii to Court Preliminary
to Voting for District. Mm
Are Confident of Success.
Those In i barge of Hi" petition
for the purpose of forming one Mi
Irrigation district art very mm h M
; lu the near future.
There may not be an entirely sol
Id front, since some may hesitate be-
of " district. In that there would be
no conflicting Interests and a direr -
torate that would see that all parts
of 'he district had equal consldera-
ttOBi it Is being more a epted as the
solution of the problem. There are
complications, or rather, seeming
compllcstllons, that are of little consc-
quence artor om e brought to attou-
ttOfl and properly adjusted. The
fl"'1 ll"' 'his district is to i over only
M" ' lands as are already dei reed
water simplifies matters and brings
It to the proposition of the water
users themselves taking hold of the
distribution gad serving 'a. h claim-
""'
The proposition of storage Is left
an after i muddc ration While all
admit the present method of applying
the water for Irrigatiefl purpo
rode ii.nl not waal II should be, It
. mi t ba : n. t ii some ny o(
controlling it has been devised there
Ii no otjier method that can ba aaetLjiad gtrla' club work department an-
l'l... .. ,.- k, ! ., .7i ... ....
rue water is going to coma down
In a Hood ill a.- li ba
In He- p.vd and witli an Irrigation
dislric ii. iv. ring the eu-
tfg land holdings ! Water right pc,.-
pie the niv thing that can bo done
la t. Ma Hi 'i aaek tract receives it.
i liure.
The ini in of tbe past week have
evidently put more snow lu the
mountains than for the past two pre
vious seasons, therefore we can expert
at least more water than last year.
Wa should see that It is handled
equitably and each claimant given
eniisldcra! Ion. Many thousands of
dollars were spent the past fall and
be earefuUy aaed ami forage crepe
glVOfl ever advantage possible.
ILL WIND-
SEES NO SHORTAGE
OF FARM NITRATES
1 &f
sjlw
i:i ii thougli the government
paa commandeered 43,000 tons of
itr.it i Intended for the farmers
of ihe I'nlied States, there will
. Mil be sufficient for all demands.
v ihe time spring breaks Is the
bptlntatk report of ( II. Mt
Powell, d'rector of the chemical
livislon or the War Industrial
.".oaril-
Tit BNOOCRAOE TIIUIKT AMOXti
s( IKMil, IIII.DItKN.
i From Department o( industrlul
Journalism Oregon Agrl.ultlrul Col-
' lege.) v
a campaign to encourage habits
f thrift will be waged among school
children In all sections of the stale
ihjH year by the Oregon Hankers'
Association, Oregon State Teacher;'
Association, Oregon department of
education. Dotted states department
of agriculture, gnd the on von Ac,
ricultural college through the
der i i C. Bei mour,
.. on ii , Jackson . ouuty. l his im-
..ii Bankers' d was
will not only k!v It I I I
The jr.O prize Offered :ut v"ur by
showing In 1UI(. but bus voted Sd0
cash to Oie founty making the bust
for the printing of students' record
books. The teachers' association is
results accomplished in the last year
planning to publish a report ot the
an. I the plan sfor furure work.
Information relative to the campaign
girls' club work department or tie
counties were highly complimented
ror results obtained in the contest
This thrift committee consists of
F. J. Tooic. superintendent of achoo's
In Oregon Cltv, chairman; Dean J. A.
Bexelli school of commerce, o. A. c ,
Corvullls; J. W. McCoy, bunker,
Ashland. Clyde T. linnnev, county
superintendent of schools, TaeOallee;
Thomas H. West, banker, I'firtlanil;
ir Oertrude Orth. teaeheri Luke
Goodrich, banker; A. C. Strange.
eperintendeal of city schools, of
Dal i James H. Albert. Salem
movement are R. t:. Crawford, pre.
id. nt. ami J U Hartmun. secretary
.slut)' Bankers' association, and A.
i- Km bmttt. v. K Kvler. and H.
Kirch berg, thrift committee Oregon I
Stale Hankers' association.
II.I.ITKItACV IN Till;
HTATKS
t'MTKI)
The wur revealed to us many of
ihe existing conditions of America.
It showed us that among our young
fltlens of draft age a very largo
proportion, through illness or physi
cal ImperfOOtlOBi were unable in
Set the requirements necessary for
military duly It also brought into
view an Illiteracy greately exceeding
our realisation. Among the men of
.Iran age ibere were 700,000 Illiter
ates. Ul h a 'condition Is most unfor
tunate. Our country, In spite of the
vaunted advantages of
education
whidi It Is supposed to give. Is not
doing its duty along educational
line... and along the lines of pre
pa. Ium men, lor citizenship.
liesl.les toil large number ol
Illiterates, there are many people lu
this country -who. though they read
land write some foreign tongue, do
1 not read or write English.
These people also are seriously
ban. Ii. aimed English, the dominant
iUnu.., ,.r America, must be under- !
, I ir Americans are to have a ,
common viewpoint or pftilelss and
ideals. It Is III communities where 1
little English Is used that foreign
propaganda Hud Its readiest field.
The 1'nlted States must look to the
education of her children and the J
-Wnerlcanlsation of her youth. . !
DEVELOP NEW STRAINS
WINTER WHEAT HERE
Local Experiment Station Finds
Varieties That Out. Yield The
Ordinary Turkey Red. Seed
Now Available to the Farmers
Corvnllls, Jan. 22,--Strains of
w;nrer wheat that greatly oul-ybid
the local Turkey red, from II to 11
percent, at the Moro station on thu
Columbia, have been round to be su
perior at the Hums branch station,
says the official report of A, H. Crod
ley, director ot the Oregon experi
ment station.
The best of these varieties, all
slralnsof Turkey red, are Argentine,
Kharkov, and Alberta red. All
these and six other strains out-yield
the forty-fold, a winter wheat com
monly grown lit Oregon dry farm
regions, C.6 bushels per acre in a
four-year average.
These varieties have been distrib
uted to farmers and are now availa
ble for seed to farmers not supplied,
says the report.
For a spring wheat Karly Daart
has proved to be the best at the Har
ney station. To be safe rrom ear'v
frosts the grain must mature by
August IS. The Karly Uaart is a
good yield, r, a good milling grain,
a mi entirely dependable, other va-
have been found to yie. I
heavier tha nllttle flub, "Which ha ;
occupied a far too prominent pla
on the central Oregon dry farms, be
ing a law ylelder."
A rate of 20 to 30 pounds ot
per acre bus been found best in a
car trial al the Harney station.
depending OP the character or th"
surface o the gTOttnd and the an
nual rainfall. t ...:. r an eight-inch
pita tli i itii a smooth Kiirfu.
2' po i.ough. With u beat
infiiii and rougher turfao
pounds : ble.
i.. ul" I : himil.tr varieties
alt I uear
. April l u aa possible
WHAT BOSH TliK KAIC.I BUREAU
BO?
Promotes improved method
of
crop i .reduction.
Promotes the destruction of
ground squirrels and prairie dogs.
rVesaetas the control of plant dis
ease and insect pests.
Promotes improved methods of
care and handling of live stock.
Promotes breeders' organizations
and new-footing associations.
Promotes the control of blackleg
and other animal diseases.
Assists in solving the labor, seed.
and marketing problems. ,
Kuiouruges the conservation of
food and Ihe use of -uihstitutes. '
Kncouruges cunning, dairying. Bnd
storing of foods
modeling of clothing.
Promotes the study or home pro
111. ins through existing clubs and bv
the organisation of heme economics
I'illlw.
Organises boy's ami girl's dubs.
Arranges for farmers' and women's
meetings, demonstrations, agricul
tural tours, and cxteanton schools.
Kucourage county and commun
ity fairs.
Kncouruges community coopera
tion. Serves as a clearing house for all
the activities of other farmers' or
ganizations and coordinates their ef
rorls. Cooperates with other organiza
tions In constructive work and im
provements worth while for all the
people of the county. -Kx.
o
Nothing so certain as death and
taxes, and they ma come together
n,is year. When the average man e-
,nnlm" his tux hill he is likely to
j eueottmb to heart failure.
M, ls reported that
TfMkf ,mH , ,,ls asso(.iato
,. .,.,,, nf
I ,t " I I l I I I 111 linn. .! OS
French revolutionary times applies
now to Resea: 111 Hevolutlon is
devouring its own children."
e
We hear that the peace conference
l o take up labor questions It is to
he feared that ibis win end its use.
1 ulness, ror peace could not exi-t
within two miles or a labor question.
The "movie" people are trying to
set even with the llgitlmate drama.
They refer to It by the Irreverent
title of " the speaklee."